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Posted on by createplayact 5

We are starting to plan out our (six digit) account number structure for conversion to D365 BC, and I had a question about how wildcards can be used in the search interface.

In BC, can I do any of these kinds of searches to find all account numbers where "3" is the third digit of a six digit number?

**3

**3*

**3***

Thanks for your thoughts on this.

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    Brad_P Profile Picture
    Brad_P 1,549 on at
    RE: Wildcard searches in account numbers

    You can use wildcards when filtering; searches will do a match on what is typed.

    If you're looking for a 'wildcard' filter you can use both '?' and '*'

    2* - account that begins with a 2

    2?5* - account that begins with a 2, has any character, followed by a 5 and any combination afterwards

    2?5?? - account that begins with a 2, has any character, followed by a 5 and any two characters

    * is any and ? is individual.

  • createplayact Profile Picture
    createplayact 5 on at
    RE: Wildcard searches in account numbers

    Perfect, that's good to hear.

    So, in my case this would give me what I need:

    ??3*

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 92,445 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    RE: Wildcard searches in account numbers

    Just adding to Brad's reply.

    You can find all info from the following MS docs.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ui-enter-criteria-filters#fine-tuning-the-search-with-filter-criteria

    And Business Central - Productivity tips:

    https://trinsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/BC-Productivity-Tips.pdf

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    Hope this helps as well.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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